Sunday, December 03, 2006

NFL Live-Comment Tailgate

In my Florida-Michigan hysteria, I almost forgot that there was an NFL slate of games today, whose top storylines have a BCS title-game feel, circa 2006: Vince Young leads the Titans to a shocking upset of the Colts, and Reggie Bush scores 4 TDs in a Saints win over the 49ers. Deliver your own quick-hit NFL analysis in the Comments section. (Or continue the raging Michigan-Florida debate below...)

34 comments:

Have you heard of this guy? I think they call him Reggie Bush. Apparently he was some sort of great player in college. I didn't know about his past accomplishments so I did not see this coming. However I assume that people who were aware of these things would have foreseen such things. Did you?

You obviously didn't watch the game and watch HOW he got his points and yards. I watched most of the game and he looked really comfortable in making the Niners miss. I know the Niners D isn't good, but still, the moves were sick.

Well he's not the #1 guy in New Orleans either. He's splitting time w/McCallister. Nevertheless, the Saints are 8-4 and I don't think any Saints fan are complaining about the future of their team right now.

brian - I just don't think Bush is ever going to be a guy who's like LDT. Back when the Quickie was still going, DS listed a bunch of players whose careers Bush might approach. I noted that on that list, Brian Westbrook was missing... and that seems about right to me. He's a Westbrook type. Good runner, good receiver. In the NFL, you have D-Linemen running 4.45 40s.

Bush isn't playing against Stanford anymore. He's playing against men - very, very fast men. He'll have good days like this, but he'll also have more days like he's had this season: Days where he has a lot of touches, but gets 2.5 yards a carry and 5 yards a catch. He's not going to revolutionize the sport or anything.

No. Bush is performing EXACTLY how I thought he'd perform. That's the problem. He's not a #2 guy. He's a top-10 guy who'll have a good career, but he isn't HOF-caliber material. He's playing as well as he can play right now. Wait until he starts taking hits, taking the punishment that a running back (average shelf life: 4 years) takes, and he'll be out of the league with a good, but not great, NFL career.

Favre isn't garbage. Think the Bears don't wish he were their QB right about now?

He's still in the top half of QBs in the NFL, and a first ballot HOF'er.

As for Bush - you compare him to Warrick Dunn. I can dig that. But is Warrick Dunn a star? No. He's a competent, good running back, but he's not a gamebreaker. Never has been, never will be. You're just making my case for me.

Favre has been overrated for almost a decade? What are you smoking? Did you forget the three straight MVPs? At the end of Dan Marino's career, you must have been one of the pussies saying that he was a terrible QB, too.

I'm glad Florida got it. How do you say the SEC champion doesn't get to play for the National Championship? I'm sorry but if you think Michigan would go through Florida's schedule without a loss you are nuts.

I was at the Colts/Titans game yesterday. Vince Young is just so fun to watch. There were about 4 or 5 3rd downs he converted by running the ball once the pocket collapsed. But the greatest thing was seeing a guy boot a 60 yard field goal that is something you just cannot describe.

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